First Time Watching ALL of Star Trek - Episode 174: Captain's Holiday (TNG S3E19)
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Patrick Stewart said in an interview that Risa is the only planet name he still remembered. He loved this episode!
Having already seen the reaction I'm surprised you didn't bleep it out lmao
10:59 A Put Pocket.
Don't worry guys I disliked this episode except the first 20 minutes. I appreciate your honest opinions, keep up the good work.👍
Yeah, the ending was a letdown, no fist fights, wrestling, or bloody noses. Just destroy artifact, then nuthin.
Riker tricking Picard to carry the thing in attempt to get Picard some booty is the best part of the episode.
"Girl, you've got a Stardate with the Captain's Log!"
For all of Riker's enthusiasm about women on Risa, they tend to get him in trouble.
Picard: "How can I make Number One's life miserable when I get back to the ship?"
instead of a whoregone he got pranked with a thotlure :)
That's the clip that everyone always remembers, because it' (and before) were so well done. I can't argue against their points, the second half of the episode got handed off to another writer or something.
@@MKDumas1981 Gene's Rod n Berries
Worf suggestions are usually right and they get ignored a lot.
He's often right, but he's also often wrong. If Picard listened to Worf, on several occasions, the Federation would probably be in multiple wars.
I give Worf credit for contuing to make suggestions even though no one else agrees with him much of the time.
This episode is more of a vocabulary builder. Now, if you hear the Risa, the pleasure planet, you'll have first hand knowledge!
Aside from a follow up episode 😅
I've had a personal joke for a few years now when I rewatch Wrath of Khan. When the Enterprise first leaves spacedock, Spock tells Sulu to "indulge himself" regarding the ship's heading, and Sulu gets the biggest grin. It's as if Sulu's thinking "All right, we're going to Risa. Awww yeah."
I can tell your standards have gone way up over the course of this season. If this episode had appeared in Season 2, I think you would have appreciated it more. Is it top-tier? No, but it's a fun ride if you don't walk in with high expectations.
That’s why the season one reactions were so interesting, because we all had series standards and the TA guys were fresh to the scene, just glad to have some new Star Trek. But objectively, the bar continues to raise as the series finds its footing. Doesn’t mean I don’t go back to season one and after. I quite enjoy doing so, but knowing that we get much better later!
@@BagofsoupI didn’t like TNG season one back when it aired
Patrick Stewart and the actress playing Vash got engaged in real life but did not get married.
Patrick Stewart actually left his wife for her.
Patrick Steward was 50 at the time and Jennifer Hetrick was 32, not exactly Leonardo but dam,
Actually Patrick Steward's current wife is 39 years younger than him, that's Hollywood for you.
@@qam2024 That's men for you... The average man just doesn't have the sex appeal that Hollywood stars have, so they rarely get the chance to date younger women. It's perfectly natural, and in fact biologically programmed, for men to be attracted to women who are young and fertile, to potentially have children. Men aren't as limited by age as women are, in terms of reproduction.
@@qam2024: if they love each other age gap doesn't matter, excluding legal adolescent
@@qam2024 I mean, 32 is a fully adult person by a big margin, age differences in relationships need a little bit more nuance than “number big, that bad!”
So weird that you didn’t see any chemistry between them, since they actually had an affair in real life.
Well, remember what Joey said on Friends. If actors have chemistry on stage, they're not sleeping together. But as soon as the chemistry is gone, bam they're sleeping together. 😆
There's actually a famous truism in Hollywood that people who are actually having sex have no chemistry, because chemistry is created by the unrealized desire. Once that desire is realized, the chemistry fizzles.
In "Captain's Holiday," Picard takes a break,
To Risa he travels, a rest to partake.
Leaving the ship, to seek some peace,
Hoping his worries and duties will cease.
But not this time. Adventure awaits, even in rest,
A tale of intrigue, a treasure to quest.
Riker’s asks Picard: A Horga’hn to find,
But it's really saying. you want some "sexy time".
Vash appears, with secrets untold,
A woman of mystery, daring and bold.
Together they chase, the Tox Uthat’s might,
A weapon of time, hidden from sight.
A Ferengi pursues right from the start.
Seeking the treasure, with greed in his heart.
Time-traveling foes make plans that intertwine.
Their intentions revealed, in the depths of time.
With Vash by his side, danger they face,
Uncovering secrets, in a dangerous race.
Picard and Vash, their wits combined,
Outsmart their foes, in the nick of time.
Picard is no Indiana Jones, but I found it fun.
Though Alex and Josh didn't like this one.
But here’s to the captain, his well-earned distraction,
Give a like to "Captain’s Holiday" and their reaction.
And yet this was this episode that Kept Patrick Steward from quitting TNG
Because they threw a pretty woman at him who he later dated? Hah!
@@brei2670 And what's wrong with that? lol
@@vincentsaia6545 The fact he cheated on his wife.
@@TriarchVisgroup That's not their fault.
Is it true? I think supposedly at some point Stewart complained that Picard didn't do enough f**king and fighting.
Was this written to address that?
It's a fun episode and I like Vash a lot. It's not a great one but they don't all have to be perfection in order to be enjoyable.
Yeah, I don’t get the dislike for this one at all after the reaction. I always enjoy watching this episode for its laid back, fun atmosphere, and giving the captain a different love interest and a fun adventure. I literally have almost no issues with the episode. Even the way Vash comes on to Picard is meant to look a bit forced and honey as she is trying to play him, but also mildly interested in him, and you can never tell for sure, which may be one reason Picard is almost interested too.
This episode for me is like watching Golden Girls reruns. Similar time period of filming, similar color tones, relaxing atmosphere, low stakes fun. I can put it on in the background if it’s on streaming or tv and enjoy it. Nothing more, nothing less. I just don’t get the hate for it compared to some trull bad episodes along the way, some truly boring ones, and some good ones that only hold up on their first or second viewing before the surprise wears off for the long haul.
@@Bagofsoupfirst time I’ve seen people react negatively to it. It’s a fan favorite and vash was invited back because she made a big impact. It’s not an amazing episode but it’s a fun ride. I always enjoy it on a rewatch. A shame.
I think the movie romancing the Stone would not fly today but it was perfect for its time
I'm pretty sure the main reason they didn't like the episode is because they have solid expectations of shipping Picard and Beverly Crusher.
Nope! Have no problem with either of them having a different love interest.
totally...
@@renecharbonneau1842wait until she does it with a ghost...
They have a mommy fixation on Dr. Crusher.
@@targetaudience Actions speak louder than words, my dudes.
I think that this episode hits different on a rewatch after finishing TNG. it sets up more Picard lore than it appears at first
Yes, but it's still not great.
I still love the prank, Riker played on Picard on this episode^^ And the Ferengi later became one of my favourite Alien Species
Huh, I wouldn't say it's my favourite, but I do quite enjoy this. The plot is silly, but that's set up pretty heavily.
But okay, I find the Vash character kind of charming. If you don't, it won't work.
But speaking of how they feel about guest characters, let's see what happens in the next episode
well I was wrong I thought you would fucking love this one. also I thought you'd like Vash
Me too. I'm quite surprised.
Interesting ...like most people commenting, I'm a bit surprised you two disliked this episode and disliked it so intensely. When I watched the opening, where you were dissing certain episodes, I thought to myself, "Oh no, not a good sign."
Well, like you two have always said, everybody's tastes are different and those tastes should be tolerated, if not respected. See you next episode. ❤✌
As Spock told Savik, nobody’s perfect!
@@Bagofsoup Indeed.
It’s clear an episode with humor tone they don’t like. The time travel and those aliens isn’t the story here, it’s just what is used to move the story.
The humor is what we liked…
@@targetaudiencein a mostly humorous episode.. hmmm
Hate to be that guy, but no they couldn't just go back and take it before Vash because they only know where it is because of Vash if they take it before she finds it then she never finds it and they never know where it was so it's a paradox.
This episode is a lot of fun.
I love watching “uncomfortable Picard”.
Calm down boys, it was okay.
Yeah. Josh looked like he was about to destroy someone, he was so angry 😂
great episode, nice to see picard have some fun
I will say it, having seen almost the entire run of all of Star Trek for over forty years. There is no way that this Ferengi is worse than their introduction in the last outpost. Not even in the same Galaxy of comparison. I can’t take that serious. Especially over 30 years of watching these two episodes, as well as so many others, dozens and dozens of times as they come on tv or streaming. I can’t follow that logic in any way. Go back and watch the last outpost at your convenience, and then go forward and watch the entirety of Star Trek involving Ferengi, and get back to us with that comparison please. Someone needs a snickers bar today. 😅
I had trouble respecting an enemy that sniveled.
@@richdurbin6146Probert designed them and told me how shocked he was at how comical they were. He designed them to be vicious.
This Episode is very "fun" and its a change of pace from the core of what the show is. I thought Picard and Vash's chemistry was pretty decent, the acting of Sulvak I thought was pretty good, mostly the way his lines were delivered. I think this is a good episode, not the best, but dont be surprised to see some of these characters again and this episode referenced sometime.
Patrick Stewart had complained that the captain needed more of the 2 Fs. Fighting and fucking. His words.
Rare Patrick Stewart L
@targetaudience His ideas for the series Picard were terrible, too.
@@MichaelJShaffer They gave him FAR too much rope, there.
@@targetaudienceimagine if Stewart said that about Professor X?
The more they listened to PS about writing for his character, the worse the results. I won't go into specifics since they have yet to come up yet.
Surprised you hated this. I always thought of this as a B tier fun episode.
“B tier fun episode” definitely describes the first 15 or so minutes before it completely derails
@@targetaudienceI think there needs to be a name for a streak of incredible episodes with just one hiccup along the way. It’s weird that I just watched a William Shatner doc about the first three seasons of TNG, super interesting, Rick Berman mentioned this episode as the “get Picard laid” episode. My favorite moment, and ya gotta admit you love this, when the pool girl said about Riker “you love them?” And Picard is like “I wouldn’t go that far.” I feel like the show was great right up until the awful punch, which I think broke the episode
@@targetaudienceyeah, imagine if they leaned into the comedy and wacky hijinks. For instance Picard punching the Ferengi should have been a whole bit, over the top. Instead it was awkward and painful
I always hated this episode, the "plot", the Vache character, the actress playing her, everything about it, even Sir Patrick's performance.
@@RLucas3000the pool girl looked like she had bush poking out of her bikini
Oh hey, it’s my favorite episode!
Maybe you should tune out 😂
@@philkensebben lol Na, I loath this one :) I’m in good company.
My black heart expands when i hear two Trekkies say SHORE LEAVE 🖖
6:49
"I Missed Who The Writer Was, Did You See It?"
That'd be Ira Steven Behr.
He was also responsible for introducing The Borg into the franchise
Ira is amazing but didn’t introduce the borg
@@renecharbonneau1842 ok, I stand corrected
@@Sagitarria perhaps not, but he did do a lot of the darker storylines of Star Trek
@@karlsmith2570 absolutely. Love him.
It's not my favorite episode by any stretch, but it is an important episode. It's like Thor: The Dark World. It's not great at the time, but you appreciate it down the line.
“She doesn’t seem his type” Lol!
I don't know for him but she's my type!
@@christianlevesque5239 as others said Vash is a reoccurring character, as a love interest of Picard, who IRW was engaged to Stewart.
lol. Maybe they aren’t going to love archaeology loving Indiana Jones Picard
Uh oh! LOVE this episode. Humorous and lighthearted but I KNEW YALL WOULDN'T LIKE IT! 😂😅🤣 I PREDICTED this!
Yes indeed. Then again, my kids hate fruits and vegetables… for now.
Lol at the "Hot Streak" sign...just like the "Days Since an Accident" sign in a factory. :-)
Yeah, their ending bits are fantastic.
I never can guess what these guys will like.
Remember they hated the fifth element and wouldn’t watch more than the pilot of the expanse.
I watch them because they actually have a really good and analytical look at most of Star Trek. But when they hate something they just shut down
Lol! I *love* this episode. I think Patrick Stewart does a great job of showing Picard's struggle to let down his guard a little..and I really like Vash. That said, never apologize for your honesty. You gentlemen are NOT the type that use "honesty" as a code word for "thoughtless and mean". Your honesty is sincere. That's why I enjoy your Trek videos. Your BSG eppys are D tier for me, so we're square ;)
I am in love with Vash!
We all love Vash. Well not them
@@ThatJunkman Adam and Josh said they didn't like the episode. They may have liked her.
I once received a "Horga'hn" as a gift. Unfortunately I have to say that it doesn't work. 😉
Mine works perfectly. 😊
what about the person that gave it to you?
@@MusikCassette No comment.
Well, it is pronounced "whore-gone" 🤔
Every Trekkie should display one in their home. If they ever meet somebody of the opposite sex who actually knows what it is, you know you're a good match.
Alex: "I guess Patrick Stewart by himself is not enough when the writing and the direction doesn't serve him well at all."
Well that's true for literally every actor. But soon enough you're going to see exactly how good he can get on his own when the writing is GOOD.
I wonder if these two will ever see their inner lights on Picard...
@@voxdraconia4035FOUR inner lights
Every season has its good and bad episodes. Its very clear that the writers started getting things figured out around season three, but that doesn't mean that seasons 1 and 2 didn't have some bangers while the other seasons had some some episodes completely miss. For instance, my two most favorite episodes in TNG take place in season 5, but there are some episodes in season 5 you couldn't pay me to sit through again.
I never can tell what you guys are going to like. I reckon this is a fun romp that allows the normally stuffy Picard a chance to let his hair down. Figuratively of course 😂.
I thought you'd like it because I do. Couple your dislike for this with Deja Q and I'm starting to worry about you!! 😜
This took me by surprise as well. I especially looked forward to this one.
I thought you guys would have liked this episode. That is all I have to say.
Yeah I thought they'd like this one too. But I'm noticing they don't seem to like the more light hearted episodes as much as I do.
@@andreayeatman4671agreed
@@andreayeatman4671 They always say they like the character stuff or something like that.
Riker in the turbolift was the peak of the episode.
hahahaha they HATED VASH!!. she's like picard's 4th best love interest in the whole franchise. the best line of this episode is picard saying "i wouldnt go that far", after the suggestion "someone you love".
And then saying “Riker…” the same way Seinfeld says “Newman..”
I sort of predicted your reaction, based on your opinions about Deja Q.
While Deja Q is significantly better to me, I've always really enjoyed Captain's Holiday - and never took it as some kind of serious storytelling moment in Trek history. Simply an upfront sidestep for some levity and mild character support/building.
I don't know that I would consider this a "comedy" episode - but more of a light-hearted adventure with wonderful moments from Picard and Riker. I don't have a problem with the mischievous romantic interest, and I don't think it's out of character for Picard to have a little fun here and there. I like Vash quite a bit - and I think she pulls off the role of selfish but endearing quite effectively.
If you've paid attention from the beginning of TNG, you should have picked up on the fact that Picard used to be quite the ladies man back in the day (it's well established at this point in S3, I think) - and in this episode he opted to have a little fun as he deceived her with a clean conscience - as he was already on to her type and most likely knew what to expect from her.
Just two people enjoying themselves during a mission of importance to both of them.
Your dislike is obviously fine - but your reaction is a little over-the-top and, as such, comes off as emotionally biased. I could make some easy guesses as to why, but I'll spare you :)
Anyway, it's nice to see a pattern forming - which will make it easier to brace for certain upcoming episodes! I can think of at least a couple of pure "comedy" episodes coming quite a bit later on.
This episode isn’t even in the same league as Deja Q
@@targetaudience Definitely not the pinnacle league where A Matter of Perspective ranks first ;)
j/k - I appreciate your passion.
It's always more interesting when there are emotions involved. You shed a tear for Data and his daughter - which was touching.
Having a strong reaction against Captain's Holiday of all episodes is not only unusual, but also refreshingly unsubstantiated by anything even approaching an objective argument in your video - which tells me something of the source of it all.
It's all good :)
@@targetaudience / Agreed.
IMO, I can understand people liking or not liking this one. It's an episode that lives or dies on how much you want to see Picard letting his hair down and having an adventure on his own. I don't mind Sovak being an annoying creep because that's what he is there for. I also don't mind the Vash/Picard ship so much because I like Vash and Picard is first drawn in by the mystery, not because they have instant chemistry. Surprised you guys hate Vash and the episode so much, but I get it if you don't think it is as good as the last 5. Hope you like the next 7 better. Engage!
Agreed, agreed,
Picard letting his hair down. LOL
@@samlanganke1262 Should've known I wasn't going to get away with that. lol
L O L. 😂 People’re entitled to their differing opinions on shows, franchises, and particular episodes! That’s just how entertainment and fiction work. There are episodes I just thought were meh or overrated that I remembered you guys seeming to love.
I think a good part of why I enjoy this story is not only do I find it funny, but I precisely don’t need to take it or the ending seriously. It’s a break from a run of extremely high stakes drama, a personal vacation that isn’t quite that, except for someone like Picard. Kinduva silly holodeck side adventure for just him, but on an actual alien planet that’s functionally a resort.
This is ultimately how the Ferengi always are: a not really scary antagonist, which probably is what made the writers fit them in here.
I am kinda curious now if you guys have ever reacted to any episode very differently from each other..
This is a famous episode. Not infamous. Notable for Patrick Stewart getting his actual girlfriend a role as his love interest on TNG followed by a long engagement. as well as setting up storylines like VASH AND PICARD HAVE HOT CHEMISTRY and Vorgon Conclusions.
First, I'm not someone who gets all butt-hurt if you disagree with me about a tv show/movie, but... I kinda liked this one! To be clear, it's not in my top 10 for the season, but I thought it was fun. I liked Vash, and the cheesy Ferengi. I had no problem with their chemistry and thought she might be a fun recurring character. Yeah, I know she's no Beverly Crusher, but I liked her. In fairness, the overall idea was decent, but it definitely fell apart towards the end. But it wasn't enough for me to dislike the episode.
Harsh to say this Ferengi is as bad as the ones from The Last Outpost. He was greedy, devious, and silly, which have become the defining characteristics of the Ferengi. Those first 3 Ferengi were just something else.
I enjoy this Ferengi quite a bit, and feel he plays his role perfectly, as the Ferengi are being developed. There are so many different species in Star Trek, especially to come in the future as the different series expand, and the Ferengi really grow into their particular roles. If they don’t like this guy here, I wonder how they will do with future one off ferengi’s that have similar peculiarities. I guess we will find out very sooner than later!
Yep, for anyone who’s watched Star Trek long enough, it’s hard to even consider what we got in the last outpost as Ferengi. So much evolution from then to now and well beyond to DS9. We almost have to jump through a number of mental hoops to explain away the Ferengi in the last outpost, to what they become here and later on. And as people have said many times already, what’s so ironic is that one of those first three Ferengi actors in the last outpost with their horrible introduction, actually goes on to become the main Ferengi actor and play the most notable long running Ferengi in the current history of Star Trek. Quite ironic, not to mention that future character’s relationship to the actor playing Sovak here and any other characters that actor might play later…
What always made me laugh about this episode is that Picard is annoyed the whole time but if he were experiencing this as a holodeck program he would have had the time of his life.
I liked the hot streak whiteboard at the end.
A fun light hearted breather episode. Attention startrek passengers, buckle up, we about to expect top tier turbulence ahead. Restock the ice , eye poppin season 3, Lets Goooooo!!🎉
Doctor Who once dismissed the question about why time-travelers cannot keep trying again in the same time period, in a throwaway line about the 'Blinovitch Limitation Effect', which is technobabble for 'because we say so.'
I quite like this one. It had pacing issues and some of it didn't pay off with the time travel. But the character stuff, especially in the first half, made up for it for me.
To me it felt like while they both were flirty, they both kept acting in their own interest, using the starting relationship to their advantage. Which is why we don't fully buy into their romance.
At this point I wasn't a big fan of the Ferengi, that didn't change here. Honestly, I didn't start enjoying the Ferengi until watching Lower Decks and DS9.
I would in no way say this is my favorite episode, but I've always thought of it a nice break for the normal kinda of episodes. Overall, in my opinion, nothing great, but nice, fun entery in the series.
I always thought the scene at the end with the Ferengi still digging away madly looking for the Tox-utat (or however you spell it) was pretty funny! For all we know he may still be there to this day looking for it! inside of a really, really big hole!
Call me surprised Josh and Alex hated the episode that much. Was never my favorite, but I consider it decent.
Okay, let's say if they love the next episode and hate the one after that, I might stop watching the channel.
The hoverball girl is one of my favorites from all of Star Trek. Definitely in the Top Ten and occasionally in the Top Five depending on the mood that day.
Oh, the episode? It's a good one. Not great but it is good.
Really?? She's not ugly for sure, but I don't see that.
@@Daniel-Strain That's the wonderful thing about life, we each have different preferences of what is attractive in women.
Thus, guys don't all fight over only three or four templates of "desirable" women and leave all of the non-matching women starving for male attention.
Maybe, for me, it is because she bears some resemblance to Barbi Benton in her prime.
@@pauld6967 True. Different tastes has definitely benefited me lol.
@@Daniel-Strain Of course, we should also consider the words of wisdom in Jimmy Soul's song from 1963, _'If You Wanna Be Happy'_ when thinking about advice and life lessons.
What i liked about this is that everyone's idea of the kind of vacation that pucard would enjoy isn't the type of vacation he really enjoys... including picsrd. He thinks he wants a quiet one reading, but what he really wants is an adventure with a mystery. And Vash because she's not the type of person he usually likes.
After all the seriously episodes it was great to have just a fun one. But if you hate this, just wait. You’ll hate one coming up more :)
Grabbing my popcorn. I enjoy that episode coming up too, for the same reasons as captains holiday. Maybe my new enjoyment of these kinds of episodes will be seeing one or more of the TA guys getting all riled up. Makes me feel better after getting my heart broken by the episode disdain. 😂
I dunno...you bring up good points. As you have stated many times, you aren't here for stories, and stories alone aren't going to make the episode great. I happen to think this is one of the better stories - the captain goes on a holiday to relax, and instead has an adventure and a bad girl triste (sometimes, you know, you just really don't need chemistry - 80s, remember? Just a willing partner) and comes back more relaxed than ever. Holidays never go as planned, but even so it still worked. He must have got something worked out - he came back a new man. ;)
But yeah, the episode is clunky and weird. I have always thought so, but the story is a fun one for me. Sorry you didn't like it.
All I can say is the hot streak erase board was awesome. On to the next one.
You didn't catch Michael Dorn out of his Klingon makeup at 18:23
I have a feeling that after you're done with TNG, and go and do a rewatch/reassessment of a few episodes like you did with TOS, this is one you'll end up liking more.
Somewhere out there Van Halen 3 is someone's favorite VH album
This was the first episode of STNG I ever saw. I was visiting a friend and he was a fan , I didn't have Cable where I lived at the time. I hated it. Never even thought about seeing another episode of the show. Until the same friend lent me a VHS recording of a 2 part episode coming up...and I got hooked on the show made me get Cable.
OOF that is rough, glad you overcame it
That’s like me and new BSG reboot series. I loved the original BSG but was not excited for the reboot. Thought it would be trash. Female Strabuck, I was thinking? 😂 Skipped the miniseries and season one, and somehow watched a few minutes twice of some season 2 stuff that was so far into the plot and an unrecognizable mini arc that I didn’t even know what I was arching and turned it off.
Only months later did I catch a miniseries and season 1-2 recap special on sci-fi channel and rewatched it several times, like a one hour minus commercials recap episode of all of the miniseries, season 1 and 2 to get new people into the show before season 3 hit later that month. Well, that recap special got me totally hooked and I was able to jump into the series there with season 3 while also going back to the miniseries and seasons 1-2 to see what I missed and get forever hooked. What a weird beginning and journey that was.
@@Bagofsoup Its funny the same thing happened to my friend with bsg. He literally watched the most boring episode and he was done, now he cant stop talking about it.
This is the final episode where Dennis McCarthy (the composer) uses his “Picard Theme”, based on his rejected theme music for the show. It appears a lot in these early seasons, but Rick Berman told him to stop using it around this time.
YOU GUYS WOULDN'T KNOW A GOOD EPISODE - Just kidding,. I like the episode but being thoroughly in love with Vash I guess I'm bias
Can’t wait for your DS9 viewing - if you two choose to.
Another GREAT sci fi series in The Expanse. Hope you guys watch that as well.
It’s true that the first few episodes are a bit slow, but it’s necessary tone and environment setting. But when the show picks up, it doesn’t stop.
Fingers crossed for The Expanse and Star Trek DS9!
The term Horgon has always made my eyebrows Spock
At 6:50 - This episode was written by Ira Steven Behr, Ira became the show runner and executive producer of Deep Space Nine
Great episode. Perfect for the time referencing romancing the stone. Also really marks the transition from early TNG wooden Picard to the Picard we get to know from a full watch. It’s always interesting to see people going through it now for the first time because they get really attached to kid hating, wooden, gene roddenbery Picard. rather than where he ends up.
It makes sense that this would seem out of character from a linear watch
Hot opener with an overbooked finish is how I would describe this episode. The Riker stuff, Crusher convincing Picard, Troi using her Mom, Picard when he is being a jerk is all pretty great. Vash/Vosh, however it's spelled, a lot of people like but I really don't for some reason. It's a fun episode but honestly a throwaway that doesn't really amount to much. I basically agree with you. I think a lot of people do like this episode just because it's rare to see Picard outside of the captain on the bridge role.
I spell it Vache, which is French for "cow"
In my d&d campaigns, we call it "put pocket".
There is some very deep and interesting lore for the Tox Uthat and why so many people are after it
The perfect set up for an episode Fumbled So Hard
The behind the scenes anecdotes about how this episode came about are more interesting than the episode itself xD
The funny thing is although I didn't buy into the chemistry between Jean Luc Picard and Vash when this aired, Patrick Stewart and the actress who played Vash, Jennifer Hetrick, did date and were engaged for a time after this episode.
It's good to have a fun episode. My hot take: I like this one more than Allegiance. I remember when I was a kid and I first saw this one and I thought it was really cool to see Capt. Picard enjoying himself
"completely goes off the rails"
I actually always enjoyed this one - and I LOVE Vash!
It was Sir Patrick Stewart himself who asked the writers to come up with a story of someone coming in and sweeping him off his feet. If this is how their real life chemistry was you may have wanted to turn and look away because they ended up dating in real life and came extremely close to getting married.
You must have never watched Clint Eastwood movies. That punch was PERFECT!!
"Feeble Lies, Hew-Mon!" Good old Max Grodenchik.
Completely flabbergasted by this reaction. This is a lovely episode, great chemistry between Picatd and Vash, a great devious Ferengi, time travel, great jokes. If I feel in rhe mood for an undemanding, funny, stylish 45 minutes of TNG, I'll watch The Royale or Captain's Holiday. Wow.🤔
Not one of the best LOL but my FAVORITE moment is Picard taking James Joyce's "Ulysses" (one of the most difficult works of literature ever written) with him on holiday and telling Riker: "some light reading in case I get bored."
In Star Trek Online, they make a whole quest line around this episode
Incredible that this episode was written by Ira Steven Behr. He's famous for DS9.
Nott only was she his type but i believe stewart hafd a fling with the actress who played vash
Ah yes, the ironically named "horga'hn".
That cheeky writer knew what they were doing.
Not my favorite by a longshot, but I do enjoy making fun of it much as you guys seemed to do here. It's still better than almost anything from S1 or 2 though... I am able to put that into perspective and make that disctinction.
I love how this episode started the boomer fight between Shatner and Red Letter Media.
“Captain had a good holiday!” 😂
People rag on Shatner too much for that. Dude's in his 90's, glanced at a thing and looked like every other "nerd podcast", then gets hounded by RLM fans. Like, it's no wonder he reacted how he did. Man's been dealing with fans for almost 60 years.
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I love Shatner. That’s my captain as far as I’m concerned. But he did say he doesn’t do podcasts and there he was on Mike Tyson’s podcast.
And if he would have watched what was recommended to him, he would have seen them singing his praises.
I don’t know. The whole thing is just comical. And it all ties together thanks to “Captain’s Holiday”
@@chrisadams8182 Eh, he watched the first few min. Probly didn't see any reason to watch more than that, and I don't blame him.
I think the Time Travelling Aliens bit is a nod to certain Irwin Allen tropes- used in The Time Tunnel amongst other Allen shows
One of the best episodes of the season.
If they leaned into the comedy it would have been a fun and memorable episode. Perhaps the director or writers just couldn’t pull it together.
Right to jail
This series has sooo many more "pops" to come ... I wish I could watch them again for the first time.
Not a good episode… but I do like Vash.
Don’t get their gushing over Dr. Crusher… she always gets on my nerves (except in Remember Me).
I always liked this one. Vash is fun.
Once you get through all those boring scenes in the beginning with the crew trying to convince Picard to go on vacation, and he gets to go solve a mystery, that’s when it becomes real fun! And wow, what a character in Vash! And despite Picard’s protestations, it’s clear this is what he really wants to do in his gut, as we see from all the chemistry between him and her towards the end. Love the mystery with the Vorgons being the bad guys, totally out of left field!
You could give the hot streak a 5.25 since the opening of the episode on the Enterprise was actually really good!
It's a rare "away mission" for Picard. At least he wasn't getting his heart replaced this time.